Only hire part time for the most part. Schedule shifts 5 days a week with only 5 hours per day. Benefits for part time are not worth paying for. No advancement unless you are in tight with the managers. Not the family friendly place to work they say they are. Everything revolves around Lowes. I was full time for 4 1/2 years and then wanted to go to school and they forced me to go to part time when I asked them about tuition reimbursement. Even though my classes were scheduled on my days off, they said I did not have open availability required by a full time associate.